SC22/WG15 N460
								Apr. 7, 1994

Source:  Japan

Title:	 Japanese proposal on having consultative letter ballot
	 within WG15 for better synchronization

Status:  Japanese position

Short description:
	 Japan proposes for WG15 to have a couple of consultative
	 letter ballots within WG15, before proceeding every
	 draft POSIX standard, developed by WG15, to CD registration
	 ballot at SC22 level.

Text of contribution:

Although ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG15 has a good synchronization plan with
ANSI/IEEE POSIX Working Group, sometimes the comments contributed
from WG15 members at CD registration ballot have not been well reflected
to the CD due to the delayed inputs for IEEE ballot disposition meeting.
According to JTC1 directive, CD registration means that the exit of
WG stage. Therefore all the comments within WG15 should be resolved
before registration of the CD. Note that CD registration ballot is
SC level, not WG level. To establish better synchronization with
POSIX standardization work in ANSI and better disposition of
international comments to POSIX standards, Japan proposes to have
consultative letter ballot within WG15 to every POSIX standards
at least two times before the registration ballot of the proposed CD.
So that members of WG15 have a chance to input their comments officially
at least two times before the CD registration ballot. Japan believes
the consultative ballot should be synchronized with a ballot within
ANSI/IEEE, but at least 3 months ballot period would be required,
since official distribution of ISO documents would usually take
long time within a NB, in the worst case of Japan, it had taken
two months unfortunately.